Month: July 2016

Title: The Art of Being Normal Author: Lisa Williamson Publisher: David Fickling Books Publishing date: 2015 Pages: 353 Price: £3.85 ISBN: 9781910200520 Summary: Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The school bully thinks he's a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth … Continue reading Book Review: The Art of Being Normal

Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books Ltd. Published: 2011 Pages: 237 Price: £3.99 ISBN: 9781406361803 Summary: Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, … Continue reading Book Review: A Monster Calls

Another Top Ten Tuesday is upon us! And this week is top 10 books set outside of the United States. When reading book I only really half notice if a book is set outside of the US because I basically just assume that it is set within America nowadays so thinking back on the books … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set Outside the US

Title: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Author: Karen Joy Fowler Publisher: Serpent's Tail Publishing date: 2014 Pages: 308 Price: £6.69 ISBN: 9781846689666 Summary: Meet the Cooke family. Our narrator is Rosemary Cooke. As a child, she never stopped talking; as a young woman, she has wrapped herself in silence: the silence of intentional forgetting, of … Continue reading Book Review: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Top Ten Tuesday is here again and this week is 10 facts about me - some bookish, some not - hopefully you'll enjoy them either way! 1. My favourite author is Cassandra Clare and has been ever since I read City of Bones. No matter what she writes, I absolutely love it. Although confession time: … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Facts about me

Title: Cruel Crown Author: Victoria Aveyard Publisher: Orion Publishing date: 2016 Pages: 208 Price: £4.79 ISBN: 9781409165330 Summary: QUEEN SONG - Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown … Continue reading Book Review: Cruel Crown

Title: Glass Sword Author: Victoria Aveyard Publisher: Orion Publishing date: 2016 Pages: 464 Price: £8.24 ISBN: 9781409159353 Summary: Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, … Continue reading Book Review: Glass Sword